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Serious Late

Serious Late
Peoria via Denver via Ann Arbor via Albuquerque vi
Serious Late
coryfor3 said:
Is that a step up?
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To each their own, but I would greatly prefer Seattle, WA to Cheney, WA any day of the week.

I imagine the Seattle U. gig is a nice landing spot. Could be a job worth settling into for the long haul.
 
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dgcrow

dgcrow
Kelso, WA
dgcrow
Serious Late said:
To each their own, but I would greatly prefer Seattle, WA to Cheney, WA any day of the week.

I imagine the Seattle U. gig is a nice landing spot. Could be a job worth settling into for the long haul.
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Can't find how much of a pay increase Hayford gets. Meanwhile, Eastern Washington quickly named its associate head coach Shantay Legans to replace Hayford.
 
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dgcrow

dgcrow
Kelso, WA
dgcrow
Serious Late said:
To each their own, but I would greatly prefer Seattle, WA to Cheney, WA any day of the week.

I imagine the Seattle U. gig is a nice landing spot. Could be a job worth settling into for the long haul.
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Reminds me of when Ralph Miller left a successful head coaching gig at Iowa for Oregon State. When asked why, his answer was simple: he preferred living in Corvallis instead of Iowa City.
 
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Serious Late

Serious Late
Peoria via Denver via Ann Arbor via Albuquerque vi
Serious Late
dgcrow said:
Reminds me of when Ralph Miller left a successful head coaching gig at Iowa for Oregon State. When asked why, his answer was simple: he preferred living in Corvallis instead of Iowa City.
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Yeah, if I was looking for a non-P5 job, the positions in interesting markets would be at the top of the list. Put me near mountains, an ocean, in a major city, etc.

Now everyone has their priorities in terms of location (near family, small town, large city, mountains, ocean, etc.), but I would think jobs like Seattle U., San Francisco U., Long Beach, Manhattan, Denver U. would do well within their conferences at attracting above average coaches and talent.
 
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sacraig

sacraig
The desert
sacraig
Trakis said:
Seriously guys... Dayton fans will riot if they hire Groce.

Get your popcorn ready.
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After their fan forum trash-talked our program during the coaching search, I'd be perfectly fine seeing that. Let them learn their place in the pecking order.
 
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TownieMatt

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CU Expat
Chicago
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Similarities between where we were 5 years ago, and where GTown is now are striking. Great history, but just fired a coach that had success and then trailed off. They're finding out that history and how good your job is are not the same.
 
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PlayAZ

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WesterveltVictoryCigar said:
They are probably hoping to get a better coach.
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Well so far, they are looking eerily similar to another program not too long ago...:chief:, maybe Ewing can let them know that he isn't interested either. When Providence coach is backing away...C'mon, Providence over G-Town? There used to be a day when that was unheard of...now?
 
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The Galloping Ghost

The Galloping Ghost
Washington, DC
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PlayAZ said:
When Providence coach is backing away...C'mon, Providence over G-Town? There used to be a day when that was unheard of...now?
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I really can't stress enough how much of an issue John Thompson II is on that Georgetown job. His shadow has been over that program for over 40 years. Every coach knows that they're going to have to deal with Big John if they take the job.

Providence with complete autonomy sounds better than having to deal with that situation.
 
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The Galloping Ghost said:
I really can't stress enough how much of an issue John Thompson II is on that Georgetown job. His shadow has been over that program for over 40 years. Every coach knows that they're going to have to deal with Big John if they take the job.

Providence with complete autonomy sounds better than having to deal with that situation.
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The use of JT II is the ONLY thing that makes sense......that is a LARGE shadow however
 
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helppitch

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illiniguy24 said:
Worst coach in the NBA = Best coach in NCAA, duh!


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Ok! That's if you think ESPN guys know what they are talking about & I don't. His team is about right where most people had them before the season. However, I certainly don't think Hoiberg is cut out for the NBA.
He's about as cut out as Phil Jackson is to be a GM. Or, maybe as cut out as GarPax are.
But Hoiberg was very successful at the college game. There are a lot of college coaches have went to the league & pretty much flamed out, &, yes there are some who have been successful. It takes a special guy to be able to massage the egos in the NBA.
 
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IlliniFin86

IlliniFin86
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coryfor3 said:
This is surprising. Dayton has a stable of really good candidates available and though Muller is a rising commodity, it seems to me that the several other candidates available to Dayton would be preferable. From Muller's standpoint, I am not sure that it makes sense either. I get that Dayton would be a minor step up but leaving your alma mater for a minor step up? IDK- leaving for a Power 5 might be a different thing but I'd be really shocked to see that move.
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After this season ('16-'17) Muller is looking to get out of a 1-bid league just like Marshall.

Marshall may do it by moving his team to a new conference. Muller won't be able to do that.
 
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Adnarel

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Love the guy, but that sort of assistant role would be a more suitable fit for his skillset than a HC job (unless he wants to learn from the mistakes, of course).
 
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FatGreg

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Adnarel said:
Love the guy, but that sort of assistant role would be a more suitable fit for his skillset than a HC job (unless he wants to learn from the mistakes, of course).
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Wouldn't be a long term thing - Groce would be looking for a head coach position in 1-3 years at a solid mid-major. In the meantime, he'd be a real pain to have to recruit against.
 
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mattcoldagelli

mattcoldagelli
The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
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FiveStar said:
Not awkward. Awful. We do not want to be in a position to have to recruit against Groce/Archie to Indiana.

And word on the street is Smih really liked Groce. Players go to schools for assistants all the time.
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Doesn't sound like this will materialize in time to matter on Smith.

I'd rather it not end up that way, but far from awful. It's weirdly rare how often we're competing against IU on guys, anyway.
 
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FiveStar said:
Not awkward. Awful. We do not want to be in a position to have to recruit against Groce/Archie to Indiana.

And word on the street is Smih really liked Groce. Players go to schools for assistants all the time.
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http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/...3-15/smith-i-was-disappointed-see-him-go.html

Not just word on the street. Our 4 commits and Smith really wanted to play for Groce. Having him recruiting for Indiana is not going to be ideal.
And in regards to OldGreg's post -- I'm curious as to what bridges Groce burned in Illinois.